Buckle.



PATBNTED MAY 8, 190e. H. D. @L G. F. JACOBSON.

' BUCKLE.

.APPLIGATIGN FILED BET. 29,1905.

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.'ISiJCKLE.,

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed September 29, 1.905. Serial No. 280,653.

. he buckle embodying the invention is` specially advantageous for useby letter-carriers, as it readily admits of tightening and loosening thestrap passing abut the bundle of letters or packages.

rihe Vinvention is of course susceptible of use in any instance wherequick adjustment 'of the strap parts is desirable.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and .alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing a buckle embodying thp invention applied. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal Ee'ctional View through the buckle and strap parts inoperative connection therewith, the latter being broken away. thestrap-engaging plate pivoted to the frame of the buckle.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters. f

In carrying out the invention and describing the constructionillust-ratedin the drawings, the numeral l designates the strap to whichthe buckle is applied, and in the construction shown said strap isadapted for connection at its end-s by Ineans of the bu'ckle comprisingthis invention. The buckle cons'ists of the-frame 2, to one end ofwhichY is pivoteda strap-engaging plate 3', said plate being of peculiarform. The plate 3 is provided with a loop't at one end,*said loopreceiving an end bar of the frame f2 and affording pivotal connectionbetwee'n the frame and the plate, as abovev me tioned. The plate 3curves downwardly fr in the loop 4,

end of said frame.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of.

as shown at 5, the curved portion 5 bein located at a plane below theplane inclu ing the frame 2 to admit of connection of a loop 6, attachedto an end of the lstrap i. In vother words, the loop 6, connected withthe strap 1, is arranged beneath the frame 2, and a side of said yloopis seatedin the curved side portion of the part 5 of the plate 3, sothat any tension on the end of the strap carrying the loop 6 is eectiveto force the plate 3 downwardly. The plate 3 is formed at its outer end,or the end opposite the loop 4, with integral laterally-projecting lugs7, which formA fingerpieces adapted to be grasped in order to manipulatethe plate 3. The lugs 7'incline upwardly and laterally from .the plate3, and they also form stops to prevent the outer end of the plate fromdroppingthrough the frame of the buckle.

ln actual use when the strap l has been passed about the package orbundle to which it is applied the free end of the said strap is readilypassed through the frame 2 between the outer end of the plate 8 and theadjacent Said 'free end of the strap can be pulled soas to tightlyadjust the strap and release the tension of the free end thereof.

The plate 3 will engage with the strap in such a way as to frictionallybind thereagainst and hold the same properly adjusted.

The invention can be very cheaply Inanufacturedand is very easy tooperate.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is As a newarticle of manufacture, a buckle comprising a frame, a strap-engaging-plate having one end thereof formed with a-loop receiving an end of theframe and affording pivotal connection therewith, the plate beingcurved. downwardly from the loop thereof Yand thence upwardly toward itsfree end, lugs projecting laterally from the free end of the plate andforming finger-pieces and stops as specified, and a loop arrangedbetween the frame 'and the curved portion ofthe engagingplate andadapted to be connectedto a strap art. P In testimony whereof we affixour signatures in presence of two witnesses. I y

HENRY DEL Meerssen [as] CHARLES FREDERICK Licensor. [ns] Witnesses:

D. S. GRAIN, JENNIE HAPLEY.-

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